On Super Tuesday eve, Biden gets boost from 2 former rivals  —  Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg are uniting behind Joe Biden's presidential bid as the Democratic Party's moderate wing scrambles to boost the former vice president just hours before Super Tuesday  —  STEVE PEOPLES, BRIAN SLODYSKO and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press

Chris Matthews Out at MSNBC  —  Mr. Matthews's show, “Hardball,” has been on the air since 1997.  —  Chris Matthews, the veteran political anchor and voluble host of the long-running MSNBC talk show “Hardball,” resigned his position at the network on Monday night, an abrupt departure …

Joint Statement from DOS, DOJ, DOD, DHS, ODNI, FBI, NSA, and CISA on Preparations for Super Tuesday  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, Acting Director of National Intelligence …

White House withdraws nomination of Defense official who questioned Ukraine aid freeze  —  The White House is withdrawing the nominee for a top Pentagon post, according to two Senate aides, following reports that she questioned the legality of the administration's efforts to freeze military aid to Ukraine.

BREAKING: Officials confirm Georgia's first 2 cases of coronavirus  —  Two people who live in the same household in Atlanta's Fulton County are the first in Georgia to test positive for the new coronavirus, Gov. Brian Kemp and state officials announced Monday evening at a hastily arranged press conference.

More testing sheds light on how virus is spreading in US  —  SEATTLE (AP) — An increase in testing for the coronavirus began shedding light Monday on how the illness has spread in the United States, including among nursing home residents in one Washington state facility.

Key Republican senator says he'll back Trump's controversial pick for intel chief  —  Washington (CNN)Sen. Richard Burr, the Republican chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told CNN Monday that he will back the nomination of President Donald Trump's controversial pick to be the country's next intelligence chief.

Defense Intelligence Agency Bans Some Domestic Travel, Sources Say  —  It was one of the surest signs yet that the highest levels of the U.S. intelligence community were treating the coronavirus outbreak like a significant operational concern.  —  Vice President Mike Pence said Monday evening …

CNN's Begala: Trump will ‘dump Pence’ for Haley on day of Democratic nominee's acceptance speech  —  Longtime CNN political analyst Paul Begala predicted on Monday that President Trump is “gonna dump [Vice President] Mike Pence in favor of former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley” …

CDC abruptly postpones coronavirus press briefing  —  The postponement comes after a number of states reported new cases over the weekend.  —  The Center for Disease Control headquarters in Atlanta.  —  The CDC today abruptly postponed a press briefing on the coronavirus response.

Major airlines, U.S. officials clash over passenger tracking related to coronavirus cases  —  The impasse has dragged on despite the growing number of cases in the United States  —  U.S. officials are pressuring airline executives to turn over the email addresses and phone numbers …

Memo: Final Super Tuesday Polling  —  Authors: Sean McElwee, Executive Director of Data for Progress, Jason Ganz, CTO of Data for Progress  —  The three days between South Carolina and Super Tuesday have been perhaps the most eventful of the race.  Billionaire Tom Steyer …

Benjamin Netanyahu defeats Benny Gantz with striking 60-seat bloc  —  It is expected that after the third election in one year, this time the prime minister will succeed in forming a government.  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu succeeded in winning 60 seats for his bloc of right-wing …

Devin Nunes sues Washington Post.  It's his 7th lawsuit in 12 months  —  California Republican Rep. Devin Nunes on Monday filed his seventh lawsuit in 12 months alleging that he was the victim of defamation or conspiracy, this time suing The Washington Post.

Why does it take so long to get election results in California?  —  Last month, the delayed results of the Iowa caucuses caused a crisis within the political world.  Fundraising boosts were lost.  Momentum was not enjoyed.  It did not seem like democracy's best week.

Mueller Memos Part 6: What Witnesses Told Investigators About Trump And Russia  —  BuzzFeed News sued the US government under the Freedom of Information Act for the right to see all the work that Robert Mueller's team kept secret.  Today we are publishing the sixth installment of the FBI's summaries of interviews with witnesses.

Trump attacks Federal Reserve's Powell over coronavirus response  —  President Trump took aim early Tuesday at the Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome H. Powell over the central bank's refusal to cut interest rates similar to other countries to defend against any looming financial downturns threatening …

Journalist Who Defended Katie Hill Failed to Disclose He Dated Her  —  A Playboy journalist who went to bat for disgraced former representative Katie Hill (D., Calif.) after her resignation failed to disclose that they were dating at the time her scandal became public.

Bernie Sanders would be an awful president  —  Joe Biden has come out of the South Carolina primary as the most plausible moderate candidate.  Now is the time for Democrats to coalesce around him and make Super Tuesday a terrible day for Bernie Sanders.  —  Plenty of polling shows that Sanders …